ANSI/IEEE Std 802.1B, 1995 edition
(Incorporating ANSI/IEEE Stds 802.1B-1992
and 802.1k-1993)
(Adopted by ISO/IEC and redesignated as
ISO/IEC 15802-2: 1995)
Information technology—
Telecommunications and information
exchange between systems—
Local and metropolitan area networks—
Common specifications—
Part 2: LAN/MAN management
Adopted by the ISO/IEC and redesignated as
ISO/IEC 15802-2: 1995
Sponsor
LAN/MAN Standards Committee
of the
IEEE Computer Society
Abstract:
Services and protocol elements that permit the exchange of management information
between stations attached to ISO/IEC standard local and metropolitan area networks are defined.
The standard includes the specification of managed objects that permit the operation of the protocol
elements to be remotely managed. In addition, an architecture for station discovery and the dynam-
ic control of event forwarding is defined. Services and protocols that support station discovery and
the dynamic control of event forwarding are defined.
Keywords:
management
event forwarding; local area networks, management; metropolitan area networks,
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Foreword to ANSI/IEEE Std 802.1B, 1995 Edition
(This foreword is not a part of ANSI/IEEE Std 802.1B, 1995 Edition.)
This standard is part of a family of standards for local and metropolitan area networks. The relationship
between the standard and other members of the family is shown below. (The numbers in the figure refer to
IEEE standard numbers.)
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802.2 LOGICAL LINK CONTROL
802.1 BRIDGING
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802.3
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ACCESS
802.4
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802.5
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802.6
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* Formerly IEEE Std 802.1A.
This family of standards deals with the Physical and Data Link layers as defined by the International Organi-
zation for Standardization (ISO) Open Systems Interconnection Basic Reference Model (ISO 7498 : 1984).
The access standards define several types of medium access technologies and associated physical media,
each appropriate for particular applications or system objectives. Other types are under investigation.
The standards defining the technologies noted above are as follows:
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• IEEE Std 802
:
• ANSI/IEEE Std 802.1B
[ISO/IEC 15802-2]:
• ANSI/IEEE Std 802.1D
[ISO/IEC 10038]:
• ANSI/IEEE Std 802.1E
[ISO/IEC 15802-4]:
Overview and Architecture. This standard provides an over-
view to the family of IEEE 802 Standards. This document
forms part of the 802.1 scope of work.
LAN/MAN Management. Defines an Open Systems
Interconnection (OSI) management-compatible architecture,
and services and protocol elements for use in a LAN/MAN
environment for performing remote management.
MAC Bridging. Specifies an architecture and protocol for the
interconnection of IEEE 802 LANs below the MAC service
boundary.
System Load Protocol. Specifies a set of services and protocol
for those aspects of management concerned with the loading of
systems on IEEE 802 LANs.
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The 802 Architecture and Overview standard, originally known as IEEE Std 802.1A, has been renumbered as IEEE Std 802. This has
been done to accommodate recognition of the base standard in a family of standards. References to IEEE Std 802.1A should be consid-
ered as references to IEEE Std 802.
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• ANSI/IEEE Std 802.2 [ISO/IEC 8802-2]: Logical Link Control
• ANSI/IEEE Std 802.3 [ISO/IEC 8802-3]: CSMA/CD Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications
• ANSI/IEEE Std 802.4 [ISO/IEC 8802-4]: Token Bus Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications
• ANSI/IEEE Std 802.5 [ISO/IEC 8802-5]: Token Ring Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications
• ANSI/IEEE Std 802.6 [ISO/IEC 8802-6]: Distributed Queue Dual Bus Access Method and Physical
Layer Specifications
• IEEE Std 802.9:
• IEEE Std 802.10:
Integrated Services (IS) LAN Interface at the Medium Access
Control (MAC) and Physical (PHY) Layers
Interoperable LAN/MAN Security,
Secure Data Exchange (SDE)
Currently approved:
In addition to the family of standards, the following is a recommended practice for a common Physical
Layer technology:
• IEEE Std 802.7:
IEEE Recommended Practice for Broadband Local Area
Networks
The following additional working groups have authorized standards projects under development:
• IEEE 802.11:
Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) Sublayer and
Physical Layer Specifications
• IEEE 802.12:
Demand Priority Access Method/Physical Layer Specifications
Conformance test methodology
An additional standards series, identified by the number 1802, has been established to identify the
conformance test methodology documents for the 802 family of standards. Thus the conformance test
documents for 802.3 are numbered 1802.3, the conformance test documents for 802.5 will be 1802.5, and so
on. Similarly, ISO will use 18802 to number conformance test standards for 8802 standards.
ANSI/IEEE Std 15802-2 : 1995 Edition
This document defines services and protocol elements that permit the exchange of management information
between stations attached to IEEE 802 local and metropolitan area networks. The standard includes the spec-
ification of managed objects that permit the operation of the protocol elements to be remotely managed.
The reader of this standard is urged to become familiar with the complete family of standards.
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This standard contains state-of-the-art material. The area covered by this standard is undergoing evolution.
Revisions are anticipated within the next few years to clarify existing material, to correct possible errors, and
to incorporate new related material. Information on the current revision state of this and other IEEE 802
standards may be obtained from
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Participants
The following is a list of participants in the Network Management effort of the IEEE Project 802 Working
Group at the time of 802.1B’s approval. Voting members at the time of publication are marked with an aster-
isk (*). Those who were participants at the time of 802.1k’s approval are marked with a dagger (†).
Tony Jeffree,
William P. Lidinsky,
Chair, Network Management Task Group*†
Chair*†
Fumio Akashi
Paul D. Amer
Charles Arnold
Naharaj Arunkumar
Floyd Backes*†
Ann Ballard
Richard Bantel
Robert Barrett*†
David Bartolini
Sy Bederman
Amatzia Ben-Artzi†
Anthony Berent†
Orna Berry*†
Robert Bledsoe
Kwame Boakye
Laura Bridge*†
Brian Brown†
Juan Bulnes
Fred Burg
Peter Carbone
Alan Chambers*†
Ken Chapman
Alice Chen
Michael Chernick
Jade Chien
Steve Cooper*†
Jim Corrigan
Paul Cowell*†
Mike Coy†
Andy Davis*†
Peter Dawe
Stan Degen
Frank Deignan
Desh Deshpande
Ron Dhondy
Mike Dickerson
Kurt Dobbins
Eiji Doi
Barbara J. Don Carlos
David Dyer-Bennet
Walter Eldon
Eldon D. Feist
Len Fishler*†
Kevin Flanagan
Bill Futral*†
Lionel Geretz*†
Richard Gilbert*†
Harry Gold†
Pat Gonia
Kathy de Graaf
Rich Graham
Michael A. Gravel
Andrew Green†
Sharam Hakimi*†
Jeanne Haney†
Mogens Hansen
Harold Harrington
John Hart*†
Mike Harvey†
Bob Herbst
Long Huang†
Jack R. Hung
Thomas Hytry
Jay Israel
Jan-Olof Jemnemo*†
Albert Juandy†
George Kajos†
Ram Kedlaya
Hal Keen*†
Alan Kirby
Kimberly Kirkpatrick
Steve Kleiman
Yoav Kluger†
James Kristof†
Hans Lackner*†
H. Eugene Latham
Choon Lee†
Chao-yu Liang
Bing Liao
George Lin*†
Mike Lumpkin
Andy Luque
Phil Magnuson
Joseph E. Massery†
Bruce McClure
Tom McGowan
Margaret A. Merrick
Jim Montrose
Jerry O’Keefe
Alan Oppenheimer*†
Richard Patti*†
Dave T. Perkins†
Roger Pfister
Thomas L. Phinney
Clive Philbrick
John Pickens*
David Piscitello
Daniel Pitt
Vencat Prasad*†
Ronald Presti†
Ron L. G. Prince
Maurice Qureshi†
Nigel Ramsden
Rich Rehberg
Jim Reinstedler
Trudy Reusser
Eduard Rocher
Paul Rosenblum*†
Paul Ruocchio*†
Tom Rutt*†
John Salter
Alan Sarsby
Susan Schanning
Mick Seaman*†
Gerry Segal*†
Rich Seifert*†
Steve Senum*†
Himanshu Shah*†
Howard Sherry
Wu-Shi Shung
W. Earl Smith*†
Mike Soha
Dan Stokesberry
Lennart Swartz
Kenta Takumi
Elysia Chiaw-Meng Tan
Robin Tasker*†
Angus Telfer
Dave Thompson
Geoff Thompson†
Nathan Tobol
Wendell Turner
Peter Videcrantz*†
Donald G. Vincent†
Paul Wainright
Trevor Warwick†
Scott Wasson
Bob Watson
Richard Watson*
Daniel Watts
Alan Weissberger
Deborah Wilbert
Bert Williams†
Jerry A. Wyatt†
Amnon Yacoby*†
Igor Zhovnirovsky
Carolyn Zimmer*†
Nick Zucchero
Additional participants in the development of 802.1k included the following:
Sai Boeker
Mike Dickerson
Bonnie B. Hromis
Brian J. Phillips
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